@ARTICLE{10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01069, AUTHOR={Saunders, Hannah and Kraus, Allyson and Barone, Lavinia and Biringen, Zeynep}, TITLE={Emotional availability: theory, research, and intervention}, JOURNAL={Frontiers in Psychology}, VOLUME={6}, YEAR={2015}, URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01069}, DOI={10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01069}, ISSN={1664-1078}, ABSTRACT={Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969) and its limitations are first described. Next, emotional availability (EA; Biringen et al., 1998; Biringen, 2008) is introduced as an expansion upon the original conceptualization of the parent–child attachment relationship. As a construct and as a measure, EA considers the dyadic and emotional qualities of adult–child relationships. EA is predictive of a variety of child outcomes, such as attachment security, emotion regulation, and school readiness. Recently developed programs to enhance adult–child EA are described.} }